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Driving up Arbuthnot Rd., trying to get up the hill I thought I'd steered clear of by not taking Drakefell Road, on the left, filtering with traffic. Start crossing Pepys as coast is clear and this dude starts to turn left in front of me. I stopped my bike, having only just barely managed to see him before he starts turning, b/c his car has one of those little lights on the side of the wheel well.
I yell lightly, "Don't turn in front of me!" and he rolls down his window and says, "Did you indicate?" No! I was going straight! "Well, you should wait for cars, I'm not the one who's going to get killed. and why are you on the lefthand side if you're going straight?"
I was just completely dumbfounded. What the hell? He keeps arguing with me, and telling me I shouldn't be on the road, at least not mentioning road tax, and I'm like, I am a legal user of the roads, we have to share, he keeps coming back at me. I'm like, Dude, I'm just trying to get up a hill, going straight, and you turn in front of me! That's not acceptable!
He's obviously just going to keep arguing, I have no idea if he'll try to get out of the car or not, so finally I just tell him to go. JUST GO! and I ride around behind his car and continue my way up the hill.
What the effing hell, people? This is the first time I've had some idiot turn in front of me and then BLAME ME for it!